Grado de uso y resultados de la producción ajustada en las empresas de pavimentos y revestimientos cerámicos

This article presents research carried out in the Spanish ceramic tile industry. The aim focuses on deter- mining the degree of use of some of the most representative lean manufacturing practices and their effect on opera- tional performance of these companies. Results are presented from 76 plants (79.17% of the population) dedicated to single firing ceramics: porous tiles, stoneware floor tiles and porcelain stoneware. The most outstanding conclu- sion was that, contrary to what was expected, lean manufacturing is hardly used at all by these plants. However, the plants achieve high rates of quality and productivity. This work falls into line with others that indicate that lean manu- facturing is not a universal system, valid in any circumstances and place. Therefore, before getting rid of mass pro- duction systems in favour of more innovative ones (from the point of view of their productive efficiency), a more de- tailed analysis is required, at least, of the characteristics of each industry.

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